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Tool: regraft 5.1 · 640 KB · 19 Oct 2014 · md5 e3fa9d2c70b1 · signed ML · back to its row on the shelf

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Placeholder page. These are the standard install steps, kept in the shape this shelf uses so nobody has to invent them twice. Anything in [brackets] is a value nobody has written down yet, and the tool-specific warnings have not been collected. Replace the brackets before this page is handed to anyone outside the desk.

regraft 5.1

640 KB · 19 Oct 2014 · md5 e3fa9d2c70b1 · signed ML · shelf 4

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Re-registers the program components that a Windows update moved out from under the application. A partial run leaves the old registration intact, which is the behaviour you want.

:: elevated command prompt
regraft install --all --verify
6 replaced, 1,198 unchanged

Note from the shelf row: The Windows-only cousin of servbind.

Before you install

  • Runs on: Windows. the application must be 4.0.7 to 4.1.6.
  • Space: about 640 KB for the download, plus [WORKING SPACE] while it runs. Rewrites program files, not the store.
  • Rights: an elevated prompt (the tool writes to the registry)
  • Know first: [PREREQUISITE] — whoever writes this page up properly should say here what has to be true before the tool will run at all.

Download and verify

Take the build for your platform from the [SHARE] and check it against the digest on the shelf row before you unpack anything. The digest is also printed below.

certutil -hashfile regraft-5.1-win64.zip MD5

Expected: e3fa9d2c70b1. The shelf row carries the same digest.

Install

Copy it into place and put it on the path. Nothing here installs a service or a scheduled task, so there is no installer to run and nothing to reboot.

Windows

Unpack the zip, then run these from an elevated command prompt:

:: elevated command prompt
xcopy regraft-5.1-win64 C:\Tools\regraft /E /I
setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Tools\regraft"
regraft --version

Check it worked

Check the version first, then run the one command the tool exists for. If the output matches, it is working:

regraft --version
:: elevated command prompt
regraft install --all --verify
6 replaced, 1,198 unchanged

Expected output is the line shown in the block above; anything else means [TO DO: write the failure list].

Removing it

Delete the folder and drop the path entry. The tool keeps no state of its own, so there is nothing to unregister.

rmdir /s /q C:\Tools\regraft

If it goes wrong

  • [KNOWN FAILURE 1] — the usual fixes for this tool have not been written down yet. Add them the second time somebody hits one.
  • Wrong error number or a fault you cannot name: run the tool's own diagnostic first (shelf row), then the removal steps.
  • Before any repair that writes to a store, take the export — backoff is the tool for it.
  • If a tool on this shelf is being asked to fix something it was never written for, stop and ask the desk rather than reaching for a force flag.